Date   : Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:35:38 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: Beebem question / game copyright question

On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 20:14 +0000, Tim Fardell wrote:
> Jules Richardson wrote:
>  > For various reasons (screen sync being the main one) it'll be rigged,
>  > with a machine behind the scenes running XP and driving an old monitor.
> 
> Hang on - call me stupid if you like, but I would have thought that screen
sync 
> would be *much* more of a problem with a PC monitor, than a genuine BBC
(or any 
> old home computer for that matter) outputting a standard 50Hz scan rate! As 
> long as the camera is using a 1/50 shutter speed it should work fine. Yes,
they 
> could set the PC monitor to 100Hz, which would work, but why make it more 
> difficult than it needs to be? What am I missing here??

Don't ask me :) I'm just going on what they've said to me, and I assume
their tech guys know what they're doing. 

I suppose they have gadgets that'll *guarantee* there are no flicker
problems, but they probably only have a VGA plug at one end and a socket
at the other. Probably such gadgets are only designed to work at a
modern range of video frequencies though, so even of someone wired up
the right cable, it still wouldn't work.

Just a guess. Personally I'd much rather they used the real thing (not
like we've have trouble supplying them with a 100% reliable machine!)
but what the hey...

cheers

J.